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New Jersey Population and Census

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What percentage of New Jersey residents were foreign-born in the 2020-2024 Census QuickFacts figures?

  • About 99 percent
  • About 2.4 percent
  • About 70 percent
  • About 23.9 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • About 23.9 percent

What share of New Jersey residents ages five and older spoke a non-English language at home in 2020-2024 data?

  • About 3.3 percent
  • About 0.3 percent
  • About 33.1 percent
  • About 83 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • About 33.1 percent

Where is much of New Jersey’s urban and suburban population concentrated?

  • Only the state’s highest peaks
  • Major transportation and metropolitan corridors
  • Only the southern Pinelands interior
  • Only Atlantic waters
Correct answer(s):
  • Major transportation and metropolitan corridors

How do Pinelands settlement patterns generally compare with northeastern New Jersey cities?

  • The protected Pinelands are much less densely developed
  • No people live anywhere in southern New Jersey
  • The Pinelands have more skyscrapers per acre
  • Every Pinelands tract is urban
Correct answer(s):
  • The protected Pinelands are much less densely developed

What was New Jersey’s population rank among U.S. states in the July 2025 estimate?

  • 11th
  • 1st
  • 25th
  • 50th
Correct answer(s):
  • 11th

What population density did the 2020 Census record in New Jersey?

  • 12,630 people per square mile
  • 12.63 people per square mile
  • 126.3 people per square mile
  • 1,263 people per square mile
Correct answer(s):
  • 1,263 people per square mile

What was New Jersey’s standing among the 50 states by 2020 population density?

  • Least densely populated
  • Exactly average
  • Most densely populated
  • Only the 40th densest
Correct answer(s):
  • Most densely populated

Which land measure belongs in a typical population-density calculation?

  • Land and water combined without distinction
  • Land area
  • Number of counties
  • Total shoreline length
Correct answer(s):
  • Land area

Why is calling New Jersey’s official 2020 density a ‘2025 density’ incorrect?

  • It changes the reference year without recalculating the measure
  • Density never uses years
  • Density measures only tourists
  • The state has no population estimates
Correct answer(s):
  • It changes the reference year without recalculating the measure

How many people did the 2010 Census count in New Jersey?

  • 5,791,894
  • 8,791,894
  • 10,791,894
  • 9,548,215
Correct answer(s):
  • 8,791,894

What population did the 2020 Census count in New Jersey?

  • 9,288,994
  • 11,288,994
  • 7,288,994
  • 8,791,894
Correct answer(s):
  • 9,288,994

What was New Jersey’s Census Bureau population estimate for July 1, 2025?

  • 9,288,994
  • 10,548,215
  • 8,791,894
  • 9,548,215
Correct answer(s):
  • 9,548,215

How does the Vintage 2025 April 2020 population estimates base compare with the original 2020 count?

  • It excludes everyone under age 18
  • It is exactly the same
  • The base of 9,289,024 is slightly higher
  • It is exactly 1 million lower
Correct answer(s):
  • The base of 9,289,024 is slightly higher

Approximately how much did New Jersey’s population grow from the April 2020 estimates base to July 2025?

  • 28 percent
  • 2.8 percent
  • 12 percent
  • 0.02 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • 2.8 percent